Motivational Quotes

Giving

To whom much is given is much required. [Luke 12:48]

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Best Quotes about Giving

Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose.

The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away.

Sheen, Fulton John

What we are doing is satisfying the American public. That's our job. I always say we have to give most of the people what they want most of the time. That's what they expect from us.

Paley, William

To whom much is given is much required. [Luke 12:48]

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A handful of pine-seed will cover mountains with the green majesty of forests. I too will set my face to the wind and throw my handful of seed on high.

Macleod, Fiona

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.

Fleet, James Van

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.

Charles Dudley Warner

When you're nice to people, they want to be nice back to you.

Canfield, Jack

Why is it no one ever sent me yet one perfect limousine, do you suppose? Ah no, it's always just my luck to get one perfect rose.

Parker, Dorothy

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A compliment is a gift, not to be thrown away carelessly, unless you want to hurt the giver.

Eleanor Hamilton

11.

I wonder if it isn't just cowardice instead of generosity that makes us give tips.

Rogers, Will

12.

There is no delight in owning anything unshared.

Seneca

13.

Trust not the horse, O Trojans. Be it what it may, I fear the Grecians even when they offer gifts.

Virgil

14.

The Liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. [Proverbs 11.25]

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No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.

Angelis, Barbara De

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Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

Gide, Andre

17.

You must give to get, You must sow the seed, before you can reap the harvest.

Reed, Scott

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All that this world knows of living lies in giving -- and more giving; He that keeps, be sure he loses -Friendship grows by what it uses.

Maclaren, Alexander

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Giving is true having.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

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There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown.

Hill, Napoleon

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It is more blessed to give than to receive. [Acts 20:35]

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22.

You give before you get.

Hill, Napoleon

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Giving presents is a talent; to know what a person wants, to know when and how to get it, to give it lovingly and well. Unless a character possesses this talent there is no moment more annihilating to ease than that in which a present is received and given.

Glenconner, Pamela

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You try to give away what you want yourself.

Lois McMaster Bujold

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If we have the opportunity to be generous with our hearts, ourselves, we have no idea of the depth and breadth of love's reach.

Margaret Cho

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The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.

Mckeun, Rod

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The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.

Baltasar Gracian

28.

Nature does not give to those who will not spend...

Baughan, R.J.

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we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Macewan, Norman

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There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.

Euripides

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You must give some time to your fellow men. Even if it's a little thing, do something for others - something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.

Albert Schweitzer

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There never was a person who did anything worth doing, who did not receive more than he gave.

Beecher, Henry Ward

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He who gives while he lives, get to know where it goes.

Ross, Percy

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Give light and people will find their own way.

35.

He doubly benefits the needy who gives quickly.

Publilius Syrus

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The more we give of anything, the more we shall get back.

Speare, Grace

37.

Give little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

Ruskin, John

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Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.

Proverb, Chinese

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The human contribution is the essential ingredient. It is only in the giving of oneself to others that we truly live.

Andrus, Ethel Percy

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Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder To the faults about me; Let me praise a little more, Let me be, when I am weary; Just a little bit more cheery, Let me serve a little better Those that I am striving for. Let me be a little braver When temptation bids me waver, Let me strive a little harder To be all that I should be; Let me be a little meeker to the brother that is weaker; Let me think more of my neighbor and a little less of me.

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When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.

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Giving half answers won't make the conversation half as long.

Johnson, Dave

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There is only one way to succeed in anything and that is to give everything. I do and I demand that my players do. Any man's finest hour is when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle... victorious.

Lombardi, Vince

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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses.

Proverb

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Before he left, Aunt William pressed a sovereign into his hand guiltily, as if it were conscience money. He, on his side, took it as though it were a doctor's fee, and both ignored the transaction.

Leverson, Ada

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In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.

Edwards, Flora

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Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

Lewis, C. S.

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If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

Lao-Tzu

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The nine-tenths prove man's love, but the one-tenth tests man's legal obedience.